‘A legal case brought against the promoters of a concert for one of the UK’s most popular bands highlights the risks to businesses if they do not make their services accessible to all.’
OUT-LAW.com, 25th January 2018
Source: www.out-law.com
‘The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, is launching legal action to challenge the Parole Board over its decision to release the black-cab rapist John Worboys.’
The Guardian, 25th January 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The government is facing a fresh push to ban “conversion therapy” aimed at changing gay people’s sexuality.’
BBC News, 25th January 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Between 1995 and 2002, four young Army recruits died from gunshot wounds in unexplained circumstances at Deepcut barracks in Surrey.’
BBC News, 25th January 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Sandoz Ltd & Anor v GD Searle LLC & Anor [2018] EWCA Civ 49 (25 January 2018)
High Court (Administrative Court)
General Medical Council v Bawa-Garba [2018] EWHC 76 (Admin) (25 January 2018)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘Air pollution will continue to take a heavy toll on people’s health for many years to come unless the UK government is forced once again to improve its action plan, the high court has been told.’
The Guardian, 25th January 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
The Tobacco Products Manufacturing Machinery (Licensing Scheme) Regulations 2018
The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Investigations: Code of Practice) Order 2018
The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Cash Searches: Code of Practice) Order 2018
The Terrorism Act 2000 (Code of Practice for Authorised Officers) Order 2018
The Criminal Finances Act 2017 (Consequential Amendment) Regulations 2018
The Criminal Finances Act 2017 (Commencement No. 4) Regulations 2018
Source: www legislation.gov.uk
‘A police force has referred itself to the watchdog over its handling of a case involving a man thought to have frozen to death.’
BBC News, 25th January 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A doctor who was found guilty of manslaughter by gross negligence over the death of a six-year-old boy has been struck off.’
BBC News, 25th January 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Daptomycin is an antibiotic used to treat systemic and life-threatening infections caused by multiple drug resistant bacteria. Its effectiveness depends on its purity. The invention for which the patent in suit was granted was a way of purifying the antibiotic. In Hospira UK Ltd v Cubist Pharmaceuticals LLC [2016] EWHC 1285 (Pat) (10 June 2016), Hospira UK Ltd, (a British subsidiary of Pfizer) sought the revocation of that patent. Mr Justice Henry Carr found that the patent was invalid and ordered its revocation. Cubist Pharmaceuticals LLC (a subsidiary of Merck & Co.) appealed against that judgment and order in Hospira UK Ltd v Cubist Pharmaceuticals LLC [2018] EWCA Civ 12 (18 Jan 2018).’
NIPC Law, 24th January 2018
Source: nipclaw.blogspot.co.uk
‘A High Court judge has dismissed a claim for judicial review over a decision of Birmingham City Council that a child was not a “child in need” for the purposes of section 17 of the Children Act 1989.’
Local Government Lawyer, 25th January 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The High Court has rejected as “totally without merit” a challenge brought by a council to a finding by the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman (LGO) that the authority could not take into account a woman’s personal injury award when carrying out an assessment of her finances.’
Local Government Lawyer, 25th January 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘”Today we met with Chief Constables to discuss further how we can improve the disclosure process.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 24th January 2018
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
Supreme Court
Gibson, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for Justice [2018] UKSC 2 (24 January 2018)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Mundy v Sloane Stanley Estate [2018] EWCA Civ 35 (24 January 2018)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Chancery Division)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Recovery Partners GB Ltd & Anor v Rukhadze & Ors [2018] EWHC 95 (Comm) (24 January 2018)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘The UK courts have backed Petrofac boss Ayman Asfari in his battle against Italian insider trading allegations by ruling that he was not served notice of the charges leveled against him by the Italian authorities. The High Court ruling backs Mr Asfari’s claim that the shock sanctions leveled against him last summer by the Italian authorities did not follow due process, meaning he was unable to defend himself against the charges before they were imposed.’
Daily Telegraph, 24th January 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Campaigners have failed in a long-running legal battle to slash leasehold costs after the court of appeal ruled in favour of a major London freeholder. The case, Mundy v the Sloane Stanley Estate, involved a small flat in Chelsea where the lease had fallen to less than 23 years and the freeholder was seeking £420,000 to agree an extension.’
The Guardian, 24th January 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A lorry driver who killed a father-of-two when he had a coughing fit at the wheel has escaped prosecution.’
Daily Telegraph, 24th January 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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